A week later, Crystal Palace ushered in the Premier League's famous Christmas Devil schedule.

On December 26, in the 19th round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace faced Bolton at home.

With goals from Suarez and Alves, Crystal Palace easily defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "level one blood recovery card" from the system.

In other matches of this round of Premier League, Chelsea defeated Birmingham 1:0 away from home, and Manchester United defeated Hull City 3:1 away from home.

Manchester City defeated Stoke City 2:0 at home, and Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 3:0 at home.

Liverpool Club, under the leadership of Rijkaard, defeated Wolves 2:0 at Anfield, which initially stopped the downward trend.

After only one day of rest, on December 28, Crystal Palace ushered in the twentieth round of the Premier League. This time, they were going to challenge Everton away from home.

Crystal Palace, which was forced to undergo a large rotation, almost overturned. Fortunately, Thiago Silva scored with a header in stoppage time, which allowed Crystal Palace to narrowly beat Everton 1:0 away from home.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" from the system.

In other Premier League games this round, Chelsea narrowly defeated Fulham 2:1 at Stamford Bridge, and Manchester United defeated Wigan Athletic 5:0 at Old Trafford.

Manchester City beat Wolves 3:0 away from home, and Arsenal beat Portsmouth 4:1 away from home.

On Liverpool's side, they beat Aston Villa 1:0 away from home this time. Rijkaard has won two consecutive games since taking office, giving Liverpool FC's management and fans hope of a V-shaped reversal.

On January 2, the FA Cup in England will start again. This time Crystal Palace will challenge Milton Keynes away from home.

Regarding the FA Cup game, Chen Ran still followed the old rules. While he sent out all the substitutes to play, he also handed over the command of the game to Southgate.

Milton Keynes is the famous "Crazy Gang" Wimbledon. However, the relocation, name change and debt-ridden situation have made this very distinctive team no longer what it used to be. Now it can only hang out in the third level of English League One.

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Therefore, even though Crystal Palace played all substitutes, they still defeated Milton Keynes 4:0 away from home with goals from Dzeko, Cavani, Vardy and Pepe.

While advancing to the fourth round of the FA Cup, Chen Ran also received a "first-level sight card" from the system.

With the opening of the winter transfer window, Liverpool, which had just changed its head coach and was banned from recruiting during the summer transfer period, immediately launched a full-scale attack.

Antero Enrique, who once served as the sports director of Porto, a famous black club in Europe, has a wide network of contacts. Coupled with the strong support of the Qatari consortium behind him, Liverpool Football Club once again shocked the entire European football world with its large-scale investment.

In the first transfer, Liverpool spent 100 million euros to package and introduce two Davids from the Spanish club Valencia - forward David Villa and midfielder David Silva.

In the second transfer, Liverpool bought Brazilian center back David Luiz from the Portuguese club Benfica for 30 million euros.

In the third transfer, Liverpool once again spent 30 million euros to introduce Serbian backcourt versatile Kolarov from the Italian club Lazio.

Although Rijkaard is Dutch, he has coached in Barcelona for a long time and has a better understanding of La Liga players.

Therefore, after taking over Benitez as the head coach of Liverpool Club, he continued to increase his efforts to introduce players from La Liga.

As a result, the current Liverpool club team has gathered six Spanish international players: Torres, David Villa, David Silva, Xavi Alonso, Arbeloa and Reina.

This number is even more than Liverpool’s local England internationals.

During the winter transfer period, which has always been devoid of transactions, Liverpool spent 160 million euros in one go. Liverpool's consecutive large-scale transfers immediately attracted attention from all over the world.

Antero Enrique is also a very naughty guy. He held separate press conferences to introduce new players.

Suddenly, Liverpool FC dominated the sports headlines for several days.

On January 9, in the 21st round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace faced Stoke City at home.

With goals from Toni, Cristiano Ronaldo and Yaya Toure, Crystal Palace defeated Stoke City 3-0 at home.

While scoring three points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system.

In other matches of this round of Premier League, Chelsea narrowly defeated Hull City 1:0 away from home, and Manchester United also narrowly defeated Birmingham 2:1 away from home.

Manchester City beat Blackburn 4:1 at home, while Arsenal was tied 2:2 at home by Everton.

Liverpool, who had just made a big signing, had an immediate impact. They defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2:0 at Anfield.

A wave of three consecutive victories seems to have allowed everyone to see the style of the Premier League runner-up last season.

On January 16, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United.

In the League Cup, Crystal Palace, who played all substitutes, were eliminated by Manchester United.

But now that he's in the league, Chen Ran won't be so polite.

Forward Cristiano Ronaldo, Forward Toni

Left midfielder Franck Ribery, central midfielder Yaya Toure, central midfielder Mascherano, right midfielder Messi

Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon

Cech

On the Manchester United side, Sir Alex Ferguson also sent out his entire main lineup to face Crystal Palace.

Forward Rooney,Forward Berbatov

Left midfielder Park Ji-sung, central midfielder Hargreaves, central midfielder Carrick, right midfielder Nani

Left back Fabio, center back Ferdinand, center back O'Shea, right back Valencia

Goalkeeper Kuszczak

As in previous games, although he knew that Manchester United was not as strong as Crystal Palace, Ferguson still did not adopt the tactic of setting up a bus.

From the first minute of the game, the two teams started a fierce offensive battle, and this was what Chen Ran wanted to see most.

When the game reached the 32nd minute, Cech quickly got up after blocking Berbatov's overhead shot, rushed to the edge of the penalty area and launched a counterattack with a powerful hand throw.

Franck Ribery, who was near the center circle, stretched out his foot and intercepted the ball away from Hargreaves.

After getting the ball, Ribery immediately took the ball and ran all the way along the left sideline.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Manchester United's right back Valencia rushed forward to intercept Ribery.

At this time, Ronaldo also ran back from the front to meet Ribery.

Therefore, Ribery did not bother with Valencia and passed the ball directly to Ronaldo. Then he bypassed Valencia and continued to advance.

At this time, Manchester United's center back O'Shea also followed Ronaldo out of the penalty area.

Ronaldo didn't stop the ball at all, but used the heel of his right foot to knock the ball back to Ribery, who was advancing at high speed, and played a two-two.

At this moment, Valencia and O'Shea were left behind at the same time, leaving a wide open space in front of Ribery. He changed direction and directly dribbled the ball into Manchester United's penalty area.

At this time, Manchester United's other central defender, Ferdinand, was still keeping a close eye on Tony, unable to quench his immediate thirst.

Fortunately, Carrick in the midfield came back in time and stood between Ribery and goalkeeper Kushchak.

Ribery first dunked the ball back, then after Carrick shifted his center of gravity, he dunked forward again.

After two consecutive dunks, Carrick was caught off guard and immediately lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground. There was no longer any barrier between Ribery and Kushchak.

Without any hesitation, Ribery directly took a curve ball with his right foot.

"Bang!"

Kushchak flew up, but unfortunately he was a step too late. He could only watch the ball fly from his hand into the Manchester United net.

“GOAL!

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With Franck Ribery's wonderful goal, Crystal Palace led Manchester United 1:0 away from home.

On the sidelines, Ferguson was angry and helpless when he saw the goal.

It's not that your defensive players don't work hard, it's that your opponent's ability is too strong and they can't defend you.

Ferguson did not lose his temper this time, but only told Manchester United's players to strengthen their defense against Ribery.

Fortunately, the Manchester United players were still on track and the score on the field did not change again until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

During the halftime break, as the first half of the game went very smoothly, Chen Ran did not make any substitutions except encouraging the players to keep up their efforts.

On the Manchester United side, Ferguson replaced Park Ji-sung with veteran Ryan Giggs, intending to strengthen the offense and bring the score back.

At the beginning of the second half, Chen Ran smiled slightly when he saw Manchester United's substitutions. Sir Alex still refused to admit defeat.

That's fine, just treat it as a wonderful game for the fans.

There is no way, because many teams now use the bus tactic when facing Crystal Palace, causing the excitement of the Crystal Palace game to seriously decline, and many fans are complaining about this.

Chen Ran would dive into the forums and forums where Crystal Palace fans gathered when he had nothing to do. He also knew about this situation, but this kind of thing was not something he could decide alone.

Nowadays, it is rare to encounter a team with the backbone of Manchester United that is willing to play against Crystal Palace. Of course, Chen Ran is happy to accompany him.

As a result, the two teams continued their offensive battle in the first half and played vigorously, much to the delight of the fans who came to watch the game today.

However, when the game time reached sixty minutes, Manchester United gradually became unable to withstand the situation.

When they were physically fit before, Manchester United's players could make up for their lack of technical ability by fighting and running more actively.

But now that my physical fitness has declined, all the loopholes that were previously covered up have emerged.

In this game, although Cristiano Ronaldo was arranged by Chen Ran to serve as a forward with Toni, his and Toni's tasks were completely different.

The task assigned by Chen Ran to Ronaldo is more like a No. 9 and a half. He not only serves as the shadow striker behind Toni, but is also responsible for linking up Ribery and Messi on the two wings from the penalty area.

Ribery's goal in the first half was attributed to Ronaldo's cooperation.

Now, when Messi passes the ball to Ronaldo on the right, he continues to advance like Ribery in the first half.

The defenders on Manchester United's side also learned a lesson. When Messi continued to advance forward, left back Fabio did not relax his guard on Messi at all. He turned around and ran back after Messi.

Seeing Fabio's actions, Ronaldo immediately gave up his plan to cooperate with Messi. While using his body to resist O'Shea, who was responsible for pressing him closely, he turned around and passed the ball to Toni in the penalty area, and then he

But he rushed forward to the right.

At this time, Tony was facing away from the Manchester United goal. Behind him, Ferdinand, who was responsible for marking him, tugged on Tony's jersey and wanted to hold him in his arms.

While Tony used his huge body to block Ferdinand, he used the arch of his right foot to directly push the ball back to the path of Ronaldo who was advancing.

At this time, Manchester United's left back Fabio had chased Messi out of his position, leaving a huge gap for Ronaldo. Ferdinand was blocked by Toni, and O'Shea was left behind by Ronaldo.

Chase desperately.

Realizing that the situation was not going well, midfielder Hargreaves rushed over to cover up the defense.

However, Ronaldo's actions were still one step faster.

Before Hargreaves arrived, Ronaldo got there first.

He didn't stop the ball at all, he rushed up to meet the ball and fired a furious shot.

"Bang!"

The ball was like a fired cannonball, with neither rotation nor arc, and flew directly to the upper right corner of the Manchester United goal.

Goalkeeper Kushchak's reaction was very fast. As soon as the ball left Ronaldo's feet, he had already flown out.

Unfortunately, Ronaldo's shot was powerful, fast and had a tricky angle. The ball flew directly between Kushchak's hand and the goal post and into the Manchester United net.

“GOAL!

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With Cristiano Ronaldo's ten-point shot, Crystal Palace led Manchester United 2:0 away from home.

After falling behind by two goals, the morale of Manchester United's players was a bit low. Coupled with the decline in physical fitness, even Ferguson's continuous substitutions and adjustments could not save the defeat.

In the end, with goals from Ribery and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace defeated Manchester United 2:0 away from home.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level One Chicken Blood Card" from the system.

In other matches of this round of Premier League, Chelsea defeated Sunderland 7:2 at Stamford Bridge, Manchester City defeated Everton 2:0 away from home, and Arsenal also defeated Bolton Wanderers 2:0 away from home.

As for Liverpool, they narrowly defeated Stoke City 2:1 away from home in this round. After Rijkaard took office, the team has won four consecutive games.

Suddenly, the entire English football media was filled with news about Liverpool FC and Rijkaard.

Reports such as "Liverpool Club is taking off again" and "Rijkaard is Chen Ran's real opponent" are flying everywhere.
Chapter completed!